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Little League Mainstay Honored By LIBBY CUDMORE
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rom May to October, I didn’t cook,” said Nancy Jester, Little League coach Bruce Jester’s wife. “We ate pizza
or Little League food – and even if he didn’t have a game, he was taking care of the field, umping or watching the kids play.” On Tuesday, June 19, the Oneonta Little League honored Jester’s commitment
Nancy Jester and her husband Bruce, namesake of the newly named Jester Award, to be given annually to the city’s Little League championship team.
with the Jester Award, to be given annual to the city’s championship team. “He was central to running the league,” said Rich Murphy, manager of the Community Bank team. Please See JESTER, A7
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Caregivers Elli Anderson, back to camera, and Jess De Boer of the SFCU team share a tearful embrace at the start of the 10th annual Oneonta Relay for Life Saturday, June 16, in Fortin Park, Emmons/ MORE PHOTOS, A2
City To Honor State Champs At Damaschke
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ayor Miller and Common Council will honor the OHS Yellowjackets’ Class B state baseball champs in a ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday, June 22, at Damaschke Field prior to the Outlaws game. Despite OHS’ many state titles, this achievement is a first for the city’s scholastic baseball team. KIDDY PAGEANT: The Oneonta City Stallions’ first kiddy pageant is at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 24, at the Southside Mall. Kids 2-13 will be judged in sports and formal wear. To enter, call 334-9556, e-mail stallionspageant@gmail.com or stop by the mall office. HAIL, LIBERTY: The History Center will operate out of the Red Caboose noon-6 p.m. during Neahwa Park Fourth of July celebrations. Learn about the Statue of Liberty replica and more. DINE WITH STARS: To dine with NFL stars at Milford Academy’s annual dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Foothills, call 847-9260 for reservations. TRY OPERA: The Glimmerglass Festival is offering $20 tickets for the July 7 and 13 performances of “Aida” to Otsego County residents.
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he Class B state champion OHS Yellowjackets stand at attention in historic Doubleday Field’s grandstand in Cooperstown at the start of the third annual Hall of Fame Father’s Day Classic Saturday, June 15. From left are Ben Moxley, David Wright, Mark Giallanzo, Zach King and Mason Montgomery. The boys were cheered by more than 5,000 fans. In photo at left, Deb Kiser, right, and mom and daughter Peg and Taryn Wilson, all of Cooperstown, shout their support for Otsego County’s champs as they passed the flagpole at Main and Pioneer. The Oneonta team joined Major Leaguers in the annual Classic parade/MORE PHOTOS, B1
$62M In Work Starts At SUNY By LIBBY CUDMORE
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om Rathbone can’t confirm any SUNY Oneonta student has ever cooked a turkey in the rehabbed Golding Hall kitchen, but Littell Hall would-be chefs may now do so, too. “The students had a very favorable
opinion of Golding,” said Rathbone, the college’s associate vice president for facilities & safety, who is overseeing the start of $62 million in building upgrades this summer and next. “Now we’re duplicating that project.” The Littell Hall rehab will add 25 rooms in a new central section and modernize the Please See WORK, A7
Interim Superintendent Returns To OHS’ Roots By ADRIAN ADAMO
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or the new interim superintendent of Oneonta City Schools David Rowley, an Oneonta boyhood gave him the experience he’ll need for the job. “I grew up on Dietz Street,” said Rowley, who retired Please See ROWLEY, A7
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Amanda Carrabba watches Sierra Johnson try to eat a doughnut off a string as one of the late night activities at the Relay for Life. Amanda then had to make a lap around the track before her teammate got through her hands-free snack.
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n addition to Aivan Malanoski of Riverside Elementary School, who won the first place in the Sally Mullen Local History Awards Tuesday, June 12, winners are: • Second prize, Ava Wilber of Center Street School, for her project on the Wilber Mansion. (Her great-greatgreat uncle was George I. Wilber, who built the mansion on Ford Avenue.) • Third prize, Kate Ackley of Center Street for her project on the Swart-Wilcox House. Honorable Mentions for overall projects went to
Teddy McGraw of Center Street and Lucas Wilder of Riverside. Honorable Mentions for outstanding displays went to Mary Brantley of Center Street, Avery Burnsworth of Center Street, Matt Frederick of Riverside, Jacob Ghiorse of Riverside, Taylor Harkenreader of Riverside and Mahala Johnson of Center Street. Aivan’s project – all were on the theme, “If This Building Could Talk” – was also on the Swart-Wilcox House. Winning projects are on display at the History Center, 183 Main St.
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9 OHS Seniors Awarded Sixth Ward Scholarships
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he Sixth Ward Athletic Club has announced four recipients of its annual $500 scholarships: Michael Lee, Joanna Foti, Hannah Visnosky and Emma Wallace. The club’s $300 James D. VanWoert Scholarship went to Zachary Erbe. The $300 Athletes of the Year Award went to Briana Georgia and Bryce Wooden.
And the Nick Sparaco Awards/Dedicated for Riverside School students went to Ally Baker and Omar Nelson. The 500-member club, founded in 1959 to promote the overall health and wellbeing of the community, has been giving scholarship to OHS students since the 1970s.
Linda Herring, left, received the 2012 Woman of the Year award from the Laureate Alpha Eta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Presenting the award April 23 at Alfresco’s Restaurant is Jean Kafchinski, right, recipient of the 2011 Woman of the Year. The local chapter is celebrating its 81st year.
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EDITORIAL
‘Mantra Of The Sensible’ Must Be Open To Evolving Research
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rom the outset, the Mantra of the Sensible, if you will, has been: Hydrofracking should not be permitted until it can be proved safe. That’s still and always a non-negotiable. Scientific American, in its cover story last fall, concluded the technology is not yet what it needs to be. It is updating those conclusions regularly with “The Evolving Truth about Fracking for Natural Gas” feature on scientificamerican.com. It shows the pros and cons evolving apace. Not all the news is bad for would-be frackers. A couple of weeks ago, the International Energy Agency in Paris released “Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas,” which outlines regulations it believes go a long way toward enabling fracking to be done with relative safety. (Go to www.worldenergyoutlook.org and take a look for yourself.) Some of the recommendations are slam dunks: for instance, no open-pond storage of toxic fracking fluids, a no-brainer that was nonetheless the unthinking standard practice for much of the industry when the debate began locally a few years ago. Commenting on “Golden Rules” in a June 9 editorial, The New York Times – its pro-environment credentials are above challenge – said oil and gas companies “need to drop their warfare against necessary regulations” and, along with regulators, become “much more aggressive in protecting the water and the air from pollutants released by the process.” Still, The Times’ underlying conclusion is that fracking, under a strict regimen, may be doable
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Standing on Otsego Lake’s Brookwood Point, Rich Shoemaker, Lewisburg, Pa., displays a map of the Susquehanna watershed as the Susquehanna Sojourn prepared Thursday, June 7, to depart for Oneonta and Sidney. The Otsego Lake watershed would be largely protected under regulations The Times reported are being prepared by the Cuomo Administration.
and even desirable: “While some environmentalists are determined to shut hydrofracturing down, the report says that shale gas can be safely extracted, and at relatively low cost, and is preferable to coal in terms of emissions that contribute to global warming.” • A few days later, The New York Times’ Danny Hakim, citing confidential sources, reported the outlines of the Cuomo Administration’s thinking on hydrofracking regulation in New York State. The revised generic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement governing fracking is expected out sometime this summer. First, Glimmerglass. The idea is to protect “nationally designated historic districts,” and Otsego County’s is the largest National
Register district in New York State. The Glimmerglass district also corresponds to the watershed on Otsego Lake’s east and west sides; the south drains into the Susquehanna Basin; fracking bans in the towns of Springfield and Cherry Valley protect most of the north. The only vulnerability is from the Town of Warren in southern Herkimer County. Although the Marcellus Shale there is least desirable from a fracking point of view, nearby Utica Shale beds may be the next industry target. That hole should be plugged. Second, the idea is to allow fracking in five Southern Tier counties: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Steuben and Tioga. Yes, the regulation would have to be “aggressive,” but if Broome,
why not Sidney? Why not the Town of Unadilla in Otsego’s southwest corner? If indeed it could be done safely, and watersheds protected, the economic benefits would be substantial. • The often-brilliant Nicole Dillingham, Otsego 2000 president, argues there’s a moral imperative, if Glimmerglass is secured, not to throw the rest of the state under the fracking truck. She’s right, of course, but only if hydrofracking cannot be safely done. (Big picture, Americans – we locals included – have benefitted for 80 years from environmental degradation around the globe. For instance, wetlands around the Niger River and the Bight of Benin are dead, killed as multi-nationals extracted and exported Nigeria’s oil for U.S. markets.) Start that conversation, and risk-management comes into play. James Blake of Schenevus, who may challenge state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, in a Republican primary, pointed out recently that there’s a fatal car crash every 13 minutes, and yet all of us, Sustainable Otsego members and not, routinely drive. That said, we can choose to drive safely and improve our chances. The fracking operation down the road is out of our hands. And while, statistically, nuclear power may look safe, the failures – Chernobyl and Fukushima – are so disastrous that the odds aren’t convincing. With fracking, the foremost concern is water supply. But every point on this earth is in a watershed. Are some watersheds – internationally celebrated Glim-
merglass, certainly, and New York City’s Catskills reservoirs – more significant than others? Take the Constitution Pipeline planned through northern Delaware County. It will carry fracked gas from the “sweet spot” in northeastern Pennsylvania to East Coast markets. Should the fracking origin prevent us from embracing new property-tax revenues from the line, or the possibility that communities along the route can plug into it and enjoy lower-cost gas? The Constitution, under one scenario, would assure Amphenol’s future in Sidney and its 600 jobs. • It must be said: It’s reassuring that, with shale exploitation for gas and oil, the U.S. is producing more than 50 percent of its own energy needs for the first time in decades, with more to come. Wind – not locally, but in our nation’s vast Plains and deserts – and solar power will contribute ever more greatly to energy independence in years to come. Happily, we have a great deal of local expertise to help us think through these issues. Not just Dillingham, but Lou Allstadt of Cooperstown, the retired Mobil VP, and Ron Bishop of Fly Creek, the SUNY Oneonta biologist, come to mind. And there are many others. The Mantra of the Sensible stands: If fracking can’t be done safely – not perfectly, but safely – it shouldn’t happen. But let’s remain tuned to the evolving research. Never, no way, nowhere, no how, as a matter of faith isn’t going to take our locality, state or nation where it needs to go.
LETTERS
Democrat Hopefuls Schreibman, Tyner Positions Detailed To the Editor: Fellow Democrats – I ask for your support in the Tuesday, June 26, primary in the new 19th Congressional District. There’s only one Congressional district in the entire country home to FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt; FDR’s words to us seven decades ago are still on the mark today (I dedicate my campaign to them): “These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that seek to take away their power. “These economic royalists are unanimous in their hatred for me – and I welcome their hatred ... The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. “That, in its essence, is fascism – ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other
controlling private power.” Thanks to these folks who have endorsed my campaign for Congress: Pete Seeger, Tyner Cornel West, Medea Benjamin, Jeff Cohen, many elected officials from Dutchess, Ulster, Otsego, Delaware counties and beyond, Occupy Kingston and Occupy Saugerties, and all 2,350 who signed our petitions for us to be on the ballot. Make no mistake. In the Tuesday, June 26, Democratic primary, you have a choice: to vote for a current/five-term Dutchess County legislator who has fought fracking tooth and nail for four years (1,100 signed on to the www. PetitionOnline.com/NoDrill effort I launched in 2008); I believe fracking should be banned and criminalized fglad@windstream.net – or my primary opponent, who actually said this of fracking
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to WAMC’S Alan Chartock on April 17: “In terms of the impact, I think the jury is still out”(!). I also agree strongly with Rep. Maurice Hinchey that we need to bring back FDR’s Glass-Steagall Act to break up the big banks (and tax Wall Street speculation) to restore stability to our markets and economy and that we need to expand Medicare to cover everyone to save $400 billion annually for businesses and indi-
To the Editor: On Tuesday, June 26, there will be a Democratic primary election. I stand strongly in support of Julian Schreibman for Congress in the 19th Congressional District. Julian has taken a strong progressive stand on all the issues that are important to this district – from women’s health to fracking to jobs to re-building our crumbling infrastructure. He understands and cares about the needs of the district deeply. Julian grew up in Kingston and lives in Ulster County with his wife and children. He received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for his assistance in the prosecution and conviction of terrorists who bombed U.S. embassies. He spent much of his career protecting communities and families – as a federal prosecutor, then as senior assistant district attorney in Ulster County, he put narcotics traffickers, white collar criminals, child rapists and wife beaters behind bars.
viduals, unlike my primary opponent (PNHP.org) Go to JoelforCongress. org and call us at (845) 7504392 to get involved now. Help us remake the Democratic party from the grass roots up to restore the winning, populist, progressive legacy of FDR and Eleanor (and Maurice) and truly stand once more for people and not special interests – before it’s too late (again). JOEL TYNER Dutchess County Legislator
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Julian’s personal qualities also stand out: his integrity, intelligence, deep sense of justice; his Schreibman commitment to making a difference for the 99 percent and his leadership ability to bring many sides to the table. Ultimately whoever wins the Democratic primary will face a very tough fight in a highly contested district against an incumbent Tea Party Republican with unlimited funds. Schreibman has the endorsement of the district’s Democratic Committees, unions and the Working Families Party. He has put together a great grassroots campaign and has been able to raise the funds needed to win. Julian Schreibman has the experience, support and funds to ultimately win against a Republican, which is why he gets my vote in the June 26 primary and I hope he gets yours as well. For more information go to JulianforNY.com. JUDITH SIMON
Cooperstown Seeks More From Bed Tax To the Editor: Last Thursday, June 14, I appeared before the county’s IGA (Intergovernmental Affairs) Committee to explain why Cooperstown is deserving of bed-tax money. Presenting a pie chart provided by the county Treasurer’s Department, I pointed out that two-thirds of the over $1 million generated in bed tax originates from the Cooperstown “magnet” – the towns of Otsego, Milford, Middlefield and Hartwick (after all, it is called “Cooperstown” Dreams Park). From the information I’ve gathered, virtually all of the Town of Otsego bed tax is generated within Cooperstown’s boundaries. I spoke about how Cooperstown bears nearly all the
burden of its infrastructure, while at the same time providing the economic engine for county tourism. Bear in mind that as it stands now, by law, Cooperstown receives an allocation of 1 percent of all county sales tax. That’s one out of every $100 created. Using the bed-tax number generated as a guide, it is likely that within Cooperstown itself, we create at least twice the sales tax dollars that we receive back. At the end of my talk I suggested two paths. One would be a direct distribution to Cooperstown of $100,000. Two would be an equitable distribution based on bed-tax creation. JEFF KATZ Mayor Village of Cooperstown
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ometown Oneonta welcomes all letters to the editor. There is no length limit – although, word to the wise, research has found reader interest begins to flag after 600 words – and no time limit between letters. We claim no monolopy on the truth, and thus welcome disagreement with our editorials or news judgment. You won’t hurt our feelings. If a letter has appeared in another publication, it will still be considered for publication here. If you wish to submit a letter published in Hometown Oneonta to another publication, please do. (Remember, this publication has the greatest circulation of any in Oneonta and West Oneonta.) Our goal is to publish all letters. Although letters will be edited minimally for grammar and to avoid libel, the idea is to keep a writer’s voice and style intact as much as possible. If you can, please submit letters to the editor by noon Monday in advance of publication. However, letters submitted through Tuesday will be published in the upcoming edition, space and time permitting. Send letters to info@allotsego.com, fax them to 547-6080, or mail them to Box 890, Cooperstown NY 13326.
– The Editor
FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
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History
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
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tion of Negroes, but that the general staff didn’t pay much attention. June 1952
The Local News – On Sunday evening there was a large turnout at the Metropolitan Theatre to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the organization in Oneonta of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Secretary Swift read an historical sketch of the association, and Rev. Mssrs. Wilson and Coates made appropriate addresses. The association was organized June 13, 1877, with thirteen active members, five of whom are in the association today which now has a membership of about 300. The constitution was accepted July 11, 1877. For six months meetings were held in the various churches, and October 10 the reading rooms were opened. Mr. Swift, the present secretary came to Oneonta February 11, 1885. In 1879 the parlor was opened; in 1885, the ladies refurbished the rooms throughout; April 1, 1886, the bathrooms were opened; May 1, 1887, the boys’ department was opened. The rooms are supplied with books, papers, magazines, games, and are pleasant and always clean and neat. June 1887
30 Years Ago
Members of Congress and top Reagan Administration officials condemned the verdict in the John W. Hinckley, Jr. trial Tuesday and called for drastic changes in the rarely used defense under which he was found innocent by reason of insanity. Attorney-General William French Smith said: “There must be an end to the doctrine that allows so many persons to commit crimes of violence, to use confusing procedures to their own advantage, and then to have the door open to them to return to the society which they victimized.” Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, who has responsibility for Secret Service protection of President Reagan, told television viewers, “I think that when a person stalks a leading citizen of this country, shoots him and three of the people surrounding him and then goes scot-free, I think that’s absolutely atrocious.” Hinckley’s family members and lawyers have indicated they will make no effort to seek his release until he “is no longer a danger to himself or to society.” June 1982
100 Years Ago
The Local News – Moses Koury and Mary Abounader, the two Assyrians who have been held by the police of Oneonta the past week on a charge of arson in the first degree, were unable to secure the necessary cash bail or a satisfactory bondsman and were taken to the county jail at Cooperstown Saturday to await the action of the Grand Jury. In case the Grand Jury should indict at the next session it is more than likely that the case will be stubbornly fought, as the prisoners have several influential friends in this locality, who have interested themselves in their behalf. The Civic League held a meeting Monday evening at Municipal Hall, for the purpose of considering the plans for Neahwa Park. Architect French of New Hartford was present and exhibited the map, made by him, showing the proposed lake, drives, walks, playground, groves, lawns, etc. The central feature of the park is to be a boulevard extending from a circle just inside the main entrance opposite River Street extension to a point about opposite the present ball grounds where it ends in a second circle. The proposed boulevard will have a wide promenade for pedestrians. June 1912
80 Years Ago
A delightful program of Negro spirituals was given at the First Baptist Church on Sunday by the Mansfield singers, a group of Negro musicians who sang in the First Presbyterian Church last year under the name of the Claflin College quartet. The church auditorium was filled and nearly every seat in the gallery was taken. As on the previous occasion, the quartet delighted its audience by the feeling with which
20 Years Ago
Although controversial at its inception ten years ago, New York State’s so-called “bottle bill” has kept millions of June 1972 tons of glass, metal and plastic out of landfills and incinerators and reduced roadside litter by as much as 70 percent each selection was handled and by their natural abilities and according to estimates by the Department of Environmenthe technique that comes with long experience and training. tal Conservation. All the sorting and lugging of cans and bottles has had the added benefit of educating and accliThe night’s service was a union meeting of the Protestant mating New York state residents about the nuts and bolts churches of the city. The group is led by Emanuel Mansof recycling in general. According to DEC figures about field, first tenor. Members are Sinclair Swan, second tenor, 75 percent of the containers purchased were returned and Joseph James, baritone and Lycurgus Lockman, bass. Sunredeemed last year. day programs consist of sacred music. On weekdays they June 1992 present a variety of numbers, many of a humorous type. June 1932
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President Truman called anew yesterday for a civil rights program backed by “the full force and power of the federal government,” and took what seemed to be a thinly-veiled dig at General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Truman said that experience has proved to be nonsense a contention by “some of our greatest generals” that white and Negro troops could not be fully integrated in the armed forces. Four years ago, in testimony to a Senate Committee, Eisenhower said he favored organizing Negroes in units of no larger than platoon size – 40 to 50 men. Eisenhower, however, spoke out then against complete segregation in the Army, and he said yesterday that after the war he had fought for integra-
Congratulations! Leadership Otsego Class of 2012
Katherine Beyer who will be a senior next fall at Oneonta high school has been selected as this year’s participant in the American Legion Auxiliary’s Empire State Girls State event to be held the week of June 20 at Union College in Schenectady. The week-long program focuses on participation in citizenship and government. Beyer is sponsored by the Oneonta American Legion Auxiliary. Beyer, the daughter of William and Paulette Beyer, is originally from New Jersey. After graduating from OHS next June she plans to attend college, majoring in political science or biology. June 2002
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Little League Thanks Bruce Jester For Years Of Devotion, Hard Work Todd Cleveland, Oneonta, helps move gravel and dirt surrounding a heating pipeline as SUNY Oneonta’s summer renovations begin.
SUNY Begins $62M In Upgrades WORK/From A7 building with study rooms, a fitness center, centralized kitchenettes on each floor and enhanced ventilation and plumbing, all ready in time for the students’ August return. “It takes about a month for demolition,” said Rathbone. “It’s all skin and bones now, but we have the rest of the summer to put it back together.” Students will also come back to new sidewalks and more energy-efficient buildings. The latter is because SUNY Oneonta, named to the Princeton Review’s list of Green Colleges in 2011, is continuing its commitment to environmental efficiency by repairing several roofs and replacing windows to create a better “building envelope.” “It’s more energy efficient, less drafty,” said the veteran facilities manager. Also, five old air-handling units are being replaced in Physical Education, Science 1, Lee, Schumacher and Hulbert halls, and an older boilers is being replaced with new, more efficient model. Two segments of underground heating lines and one water line are also being replaced. “We saved a lot of energy with these boilers,” said Rathbone. “We expect even
more savings this winter.” The largest project, the renovations of Fitzell Hall, are also underway and including tearing down the east office wing and adding a new wing on the west. “We’re enhancing the building,” he said. “There will be a combination of offices and specialized classroom space, including a robotics lab, research labs for the psychology department, and classroom methods teaching spaces.” “It’s a bit more than we normally do, but it’ll be worth the wait,” Rathbone said. As the work is expected to take two summers, faculty offices have been moved to Morris Hall and classes divided over other buildings. With this year’s work under way, Rathbone is looking ahead several summers. Physical Science is scheduled for a makeover in 2014, and designs are underway for a 200-bed series of townhouses just south of Littell Hall. “We want it to have the feel of a residential neighborhood,” said Rathbone. “The plans are about 95 percent complete.” “We’re always planning,” he added. “The brick-andmortar component is the underpinning of the college, and there’s always infrastructure work to be done.”
JESTER/From A1 “He cut the grass, he helped design the field and he managed the kids. This is a way to recognize his dedication and his accomplishments.” In addition to the championship award, a $500 Jester Family scholarship has been set up for a student planning to play baseball in college. “We had many wonderful times,” said Nancy. “Kids he coached still keep in contact.” Jester started coaching in 1976 and managed the Elks for 15 years, including six championship games that took his team to the AllStar games against teams from Johnson City, Vestal and Owego. “I would guess that’s a record,” said Murphy. “Even if his team didn’t win, he would offer to help out the manager of the All-Star team,” said fellow coach Bill Rasmussen. “He was the coach in 1985, when they won the state title. That was one of his highlights.” “He could do anything,” added Nancy. “He built our house. When our son Mike wanted to buy a car, he asked his dad which kind he liked to work on.” “He was a good cog in the wheel that ran that program,” said Rasmussen. “His main objective was to help them have fun, understand the fundamentals and that good sportsmanship was better than winning or losing. Either way, after every game, the team was invited to Bruce and Nancy’s for pizza and to swim in their pool.” Jester was even respon-
Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA The triumphant Elks – appropriately, Bruce Jester’s former team – celebrate receiving the first Honorary Bruce Jester Champions Trophy Tuesday, June 19, on winning city’s Little League championship at Doc Knapp Field. From left, front, are Lucas Burrows, Chris Laing, Austin Wells and Hunter Birch. Middle, from left, Richie Amato, Quinten Bissell-Smith, Akiva Garfield, Ryand Packard, Dillon Hill, Tanner Beang, Alex Brannen and Matt Judd. Back, from left, Jester’s daughter Karen Telarico, Nancy and Bill Rassmussen, Team manager Jody Zintel, Rich Amato, Alex Brannan, Joe Beang and Bruce’s wife Nancy.
sible for inviting the first female Little League player, Cricket Keto, to join the Elks in 1978. “They didn’t know I was a little girl at tryouts,” Keto said. “When the other coaches found out, they were upset. A lot of them didn’t want a girl to play, but Coach Jester said, ‘Too bad, I’m taking her’.” He had several more girls play on his team over the year, including Rene Rink and Cindy Healey. The 1980 All-Star team featured Clay Bellinger, who went on to play for the New York Yankees and has three World Series rings Jester retired from coach-
ing in 1990, and in 2010 was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare, fatal disease, and is currently in Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing, the former Oneonta Nursing Home. “He’s in a wheelchair, he can’t feed himself and he has trouble talking,” said Nancy. “It’s a very bad disease, but he’s as good as he can be.” While Jester couldn’t make it, Nancy, daughter Karen Telarico and son Mike, who manages the Oneonta American Legion team and assisted Joe Hughes with the 2012 state champion Yellowjackets,
accepted the award in his honor. “If this were up to Bruce, he wouldn’t want anything to do with it,” said Murphy. “We recognized his efforts with the yearbook back in 1994, and he was embarrassed – he said, “This is not what I’m doing it for... but I think there was a part of him that felt nice to be recognized.” “I didn’t think I was that important,” said Jester. But Keto and many others would disagree. “He was a mentor and a second father to so many of us,” she said. “He was a big part of all of our lives.”
Rowley To Succeed Shea When School Reopens ROWLEY/From A1 as Edmeston Central Schools superintendent two years ago, was raised “right around the corner from Center Street Elementary, where I went to school.” Son of pediatrician Dr. C. Douglas Rowley, young David went through city schools with eight brothers and sisters. “Oneonta has great schools and it was a great place to grow up,” he said. “It was interesting,
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Rowley, who lives in the Town of Oneonta, will take over for Superintendent Michael Shea, who retires in September. Rowley (He moved up his retirement from December, saying it wouldn’t be fair to have two superintendents applying the state’s
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MLS#84701 - LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: Desirable Marble Rd address on East side of beautiful Canadarago Lake. Furnished seasonal cottage with 4 bedrooms, large sun room and 50ft of private lake front. Priced for you to enjoy. $179,000 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512
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MLS#84779 - Gorgeous 4 bedrm, 3 bath move-in condition home. Full 3 flrs of living, open flr plan, cherry & maple flrs, in-ground heated pool, pool house, barn & land. Kitchen w/center island & granite countertops opens nicely to family rm, living rm & back deck to pool. Upstairs 4 bedrms, 2 full baths & panoramic views of the valley. Finished basement adds another rm, a workout rm w/full door walk-out & den. Living rm w/flr to ceiling fireplace & access to kids playrm. Enjoy entertaining pool side or take a stroll on 30 + acres of open & wooded land. A 50x30 barn w/electric, water & poured concrete flr. Private setting. $679,000 Call Kristi Ough @ (607) 434-3026
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MLS#84305 - East Springfield - Charming 3 BR-2 Bath country home w/newly renovated rooms and systems. New metal roof, replacement windows & upgraded electric. New freestanding workshop-barn/garage. Owner financing available or possible rent-to-own. $132,500 Call Michelle @ (518) 469-5603
MLS#84020 - Lrg colonial on a quiet country road just on the edge of the village in Fly Creek. 4-bedrm, 3½ bath home features a master suite w/walk in closet & lrg bath w/separate shower & soaking tub. Center hall grand foyer w/vaulted ceiling & a palladium window. Extra lrg windows throughout & lrg spacious rms. Lrg modern eat-in kitchen w/double pantry closets, wood flrs on 1st flr, & a full finished basement w/full bath & outside entrance that exits to ground level. Use as a playrm, mancave or maybe an apartment for a Dreams Park rental or your in-laws. A short walk to the general store, post office, or the Fly Creek Cider Mill. $297,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201
MLS#84719 - ADORABLE FULLY FURNISHED SEASONAL COTTAGE on private road on the East side of Canadarago Lake. Just a stone’s throw (65 ft) to the shoreline w/a 50’ right-of-way shared w/only 3 other homes. Gorgeous views & sunsets from the front porch & enclosed sunrm. All the advantages of lake frontage w/only $1,000 total taxes. Move right in!! $89,900 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512
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MLS#81762 – NEWER LODGE-LIKE LOG HOME w/4 CAR OVERSIZED BARN/GARAGE set HIGH & DRY, WAY BACK OFF THE ROAD on OVER 15 OPEN & WOODED ACRES in the foothills of the Northern Catskill Mountains just 3 hours from NYC. STUNNING VIEWS, 3 STOCKED PONDS, ATV TRAILS THROUGHOUT, bordering 1000’ of TROUT STREAM. MAJESTIC VAULTED CEILINGS w/huge exposed log rafters, CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING, FINISHED BASEMENT. $339,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068
MLS#84349 - Views as far as the eye can see! This lovely move-in condition ranch awaits you. Home offers 3 bedrms, 2 full baths, lrg living rm w/french doors to private back deck. Spacious kitchen w/wood flrs & french doors that fill the room w/light. Oversized MLS#82700 – BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY LOCATION! Nicely maintained 3 br, 2 ba 2-car attached garage. Nicely manicured bushes & shrubs. ranch home on one and a half acres in a private and peaceful setting with a A complete country package, come view all this home has to offer MLS#84647 - Charming cottage in the beautiful hamlet of Fly GREAT YARD SURROUNDED BY WOODS, and minutes to downtown Oneonta. today. $299,900 Call Kristi Ough @ (607) 434-3026 MLS#84787 - Magnificent Otsego Lake Home w/stunning views of Creek. This well-maintained home features 2 bedrms & 1 bath $128,500 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068 w/wood flrs throughout, & open flr plan w/vaulted ceiling in Otsego Lake. 3 level home w/a grand gourmet kitchen w/cherry E D! C living rm. A great investment rental property w/a location of 3 I E flrs, a Wolf french cook top stove, granite countertops, customPRDUC made cabinets & a giant center island. Kitchen opens to spacious miles to Cooperstown, & 10 miles to Dreams Park baseball fields. E Is & has been a Dreams Park rental w/great rental history. R living rm & dining rm area w/fieldstone fireplace & vaulted Walking distance to Fly Creek Cider Mill & General Store. cathedral ceilings. Master bedrm offers a heavenly bed & lrg Motivated sellers. $139,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201 masterbath w/pebbled corner shower. Upstairs offers 2 bedrms, a full bath & a gorgeous view of the main flr. The lower level opens to a lrg game rm w/pool table, card table, slot machine, pinball MLS#83638 - Prime 15.7+/- Surveyed Acres, 800’ Road Frontage & full bar. Private furnished boathouse w/over 100 ft of lake on paved country road, level & open, hillside & wooded with access. $1,400,000 Call Kristi Ough @ (607) 434-3026 wonderful opportunity for new home sites. In addition there is a new LIStInG - MLS#84831 – Jordanville – Log cabin style home post & beam barn. Just minutes from Cooperstown. with 3 br, 3 baths, country kitchen, open concept floor plan and 2 outbuildings. $115,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683 Owen Young school system. Only $135,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 1-603-247-0506
new LIStInG - MLS#84847 - Dutch Colonial w/4 Bedrms & 2 Baths in the heart of Cooperstown Village. Home has hardwood flrs, fireplace, spacious rms, french doors, back & side porch & a wonderful 30’x20’ 3-bay, 2-story carriage barn! Home w/brand new roof & newer furnace. Just a walk across the street to Bassett Hospital. $249,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683
MLS#84304 - COZY 1880 FARMHOUSE ON 2.8 ACRES w/beautiful views. All the pleasures of country living yet minutes to the center of Richfield. 2 bd, 1 ½ baths, living rm w/fireplace, formal dining rm, eat-in country kitchen, & an 8x18 enclosed front porch. 2-car attached garage, 33x11 workshop w/electricity, a storage building & a 20x20 woodshed. $168,500 Call Rod & Barb @ 315-520-6512
new LIStInG - MLS#84753 - FANTASTIC FARMHOUSE w/modern contemporary addition on ALMOST 5 ACRES completely renovated from top to bottom & features LOTS OF NEW! A BRIGHT & OPEN flr plan, vaulted cathedral ceilings, lrg windows allow sweeping views of Ouleout Valley, french doors from MASTER BEDRM SUITE to private balcony overlooking new LIStInG - MLS#84735 – Cooperstown – A completely landscaped back patio & yard, updated kitchen w/GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, & bathrms w/MARBLE FLRS. All systems are renovated home with 2 br, 2 baths. Open floor plan, sun room with gas stove, 2 car garage, manicured landscaping with .6 acres. NEW: roof, siding, well, water heater & furnace, as well as NEW plumbing & electric. $215,000 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068 Cooperstown schools. Only $239,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 1-603-247-0506
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4 Bedroom, 3 1/2 Bath contemporary home with large stunning light filled rooms. The first level offers a great room with living & dining spaces that open to the deck & the kitchen. The oak kitchen with breakfast bar is open to another living space that could be utilized as a family or dining room. The powder room & laundry w/over-sized Maytag stacked washer dryer are also on the 1st floor. Master Bedroom Suite with newly renovated Custom Bath (picture: marble, glass and a steam shower), plus 2 additional bedrooms that share a full bath on the upper level. Newly finished lower level with Family Room, Guest Room/ Office, travertine-tiled full bath. Lots of closets & storage space. Radiant LP gas hot water heat (2010), REA electric, 2 woodstoves & electric baseboard heat. Attached 2-car garage with electric overhead door, asphalt driveway. Large L-shaped Private Deck, perennial gardens. On 4.86 peacefully private acres with pond & woods. Oneonta Schools, minutes to center city, close to both colleges. $295,000 MLS# 83576
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Historic Cooperstown Farm. Gracious 1840’s Greek Revival post and beam farm house has been carefully restored with painstaking attention to both detail and style. Custom gourmet kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, living room with stone fireplace, formal dining room, three family bedrooms and two and one half baths. Upstairs laundry. All with refinished wide pine floors, original millwork and period style fixtures. The fieldstone patio and demi Lune verandah were recently added for outdoor entertaining. All systems and mechanicals have been engineered to the best possible result. A three bay carriage house was built in 2004 and has a dynamic second floor studio. There are 181 acres of forest and fields which have protective covenants assuring proper woodlands management. Suitable as a year-round residence or a fabulous country get away! Only 10 minutes to Cooperstown Village with its many Museums and other attractions. A Lamb Realty exclusive: $985,000. Listing # C-0200
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